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| Jan.3 |
Beijing |
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Heavy snow shuts down roads, hits flights Heavy snow blanketed Beijing, shutting roads, disrupting public transit, and delaying or canceling at least 200 flights
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| Jan.6 |
Czech Republic |
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Havel protests jailing of Chinese dissident Former Czech President Vaclav Havel showed up at the Chinese Embassy in Prague to protest the imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo
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| Jan.10 |
Hong Kong |
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Man no longer suspect in acid attack A man arrested in connection with an acid attack at a popular tourist spot has been ruled out as a suspect in that case
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| Jan.11 |
China |
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Yale alum's gift stirs reaction in China Chinese millionaire Lei Zhang's $8,888,888 gift to Yale University has impressed and provoked his countrymen
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| Jan.12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Google reports China-based attack Google says pullout possible. The company and at least 20 others were victims of a highly sophisticated and targeted attack in mid-December
| Google has decided it is no longer willing to consider censorship of its site in China and may have to shut down its site and its offices in that nation
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| Jan.13 |
Washington |
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US 'troubled' by China cyberattacks Commerce Secretary Gary Lock has said the country is troubled by recent cyberattacks originating from China targeted human rights activists
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| Jan.15 |
Washington |
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US to protest to China over Google The state department says it will make a formal protest to China over cyber-attacks on the internet search giant
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| Jan.16 |
China |
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Yahoo criticised by Alibaba for 'reckless' Yahoo's partner in China has called the internet giant 'reckless' for supporting Google in its stand-off with Beijing over alleged cyber-attacks
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| Jan.20 |
China |
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China becomes 2nd largest economy| China says its economy expanded by 8.7% in 2009, likely leap-frogging Japan to become the world's second largest economy behind only the US | |
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| Jan.21 |
Washington |
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Clinton calls on China to Google probe| The US has called on Beijing to investigate the recent cyber attacks, which have prompted the search giant to threaten to leave China | |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
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Li stuns Venus, Serena rallies China's Li Na rallied from a set down to upset Venus Williams and reach the ladies' semifinals of the Australian Open
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| Jan.30 |
Beijing |
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China halts U.S. visits after Taiwan deal| China had suspended military exchanges with the United States over Washington's $6.4-billion arms deal with Taiwan | |
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| Jan.31 |
Beijing |
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China threatens sanctions over U.S. deal| China has threatened to slap sanctions on American companies that sell arms to Taiwan as part of punitive actions Beijing is taking to protest the deal | |
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Sichuan |
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Quake kills one, injures 11 The 5.2-magnitude quake struck at 5:37 a.m. local time. It toppled 100 homes
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